Is hitting a low hanging tree limb a preventable accident?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Trucks66, Nov 14, 2017.

  1. ZVar

    ZVar Road Train Member

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    Yea. I completely missed that he was talking about himself. Thought he was talking about a company he works with. I.e. leases to for dispatching, etc.
    I can be a bit slow at times, thanks for being polite when hitting me upside the head with a clue by four. :)
    Also explains lusting over the cfo. :)
     
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  3. gokiddogo

    gokiddogo Road Train Member

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    Must be something in the water..
     
  4. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    I hit a low branch and. busted the dome off the reefer,the company put on my record as a preventable.
     
  5. Trucks66

    Trucks66 Light Load Member

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    Well it has not been been listed as a preventable yet even though it's been 10 days.......

    The claim has not been closed so I'm wondering if they are deciding if they should list it as a preventable or no preventable.

    Explained to accident department that if I had swerved into the other lane, I could have collided with another vehicle so what should I have done? It was impossible to see far ahead and was already going 10mph below limit to be cautious.
     
  6. kidz bop

    kidz bop Medium Load Member

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    it's in driver training to look up and down over the truck for hazards and to avoid them. doesn't matter if it's a truck legal road or not.

    in our company ruan doing target stores and the ports locally. one driver hired after me hit one of the trees in pasadena going to that target, tearing up the top of the target trailer. other driver's going there never hit a tree and he did. why? because he wasn't as aware of his surroundings. yeah it helps they cut the trees too close to the road, but the wrong way to tell them is by hitting the fixed object.
     
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  7. Trucks66

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    But what was I supposed to do if the road I got on was suddenly very foggy and no place to pull over? I already said I was driving 10mph under the limit to be cautious.
     
  8. spyder7723

    spyder7723 Road Train Member

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    Slow down. You should never travel faster than the speed that allows you to see and react to hazards. Visibility dictates the safe speed, in this case 10 under the posted limit was obviously to fast.
     
  9. Trucks66

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    Unbelievable. So what if I had slowed down just in time..... Then what???

    How do I get by without hitting the limb? I'm certainly not going into the opposite lane in thick fog.
     
  10. NOTNAMELESS1

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    There is no possibility that God dosen't exist. Nothing would exist if God did not exist. He is desperately trying to say to you that he loves you. He has taken care of your sin problem. He wrapped eternal life in the gift of His Son. If you go off into eternity without receiving this gift of grace it will be because you refused to open the gift that is already yours. How horrible that would be. I don't even know you but I know you are just like me: a human being in bad need of a Savior.
    Rom. 6:23 The "wages" of sin is death (wage: something you earn, work for, and deserve. ) But the "gift" of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ as Lord. Not even you have given a gift that someone earned, worked for, or deserved. You gave it because you loved them. God loves you.
     
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  11. kemosabi49

    kemosabi49 Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    If you guys want to argue about God/religion, take it to the Religion Forum. I don't really want to close this thread.
     
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